Poison-bottle guard.



H METCALFE.

POISON BOTTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION man JUNE 3. 1916.

11 214.93. Patented Feb.6,1917.

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HUGH ME'ICALFE, OF ALMONTE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

POISON-BOTTLE GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 19M.

Application filed June 3, 1916. Serial No. 101,652.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH Mn'roALFn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Almonte, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Poison-Bottle Guard; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to i which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a poison indicating attachment for bottles, and has for its object to provide a device of this character which embodies novel features of construction whereby a person will be warned upon gripping a bottle that it contains poison, thereby avoiding any possibility of the poison being taken by mistake or accident.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of this character which is comparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can be readily fitted upon any bottle or container, which will operate in the dark as well as in the light to warn a person handling the bottle that it contains poison, and which by pricking the hands of a child would Eause the bottle to be dropped, even though the child might not understand that it contained poison.

lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of the parts as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the novel features thereof being pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of a strip of metal constructed in accordance with the invention and adapted to be applied to the neck of a poison bottle.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through a portion of the strip applied to the neck of a bottle, the bottle being shown in side elevation, and a spinning wheel for bending the edges of the metal about the retaining wires being shown in operative position.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a strip of the metal applied to the neck of a bottle.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a continuous strip of sheet metal which may come in a roll or the like and is designed to be cut into proper lengths by the druggist preparatory to applying it to the necks of bottles containing poison. This strip is formed with a plurality of outwardly projecting prongs 2 which may be conveniently pressed outwardly from the body portion of the strip. These prongs are of any suitable shape, and the extremities thereof are ragged or sharpened so as to prick the fingers of a person handling the bottle, thereby giving warning of the fact that the bottle contains poison and preventing the possibility of the poison being taken by accident. The longitudinal edges of the strip 1 are extended outwardly to provide side flanges 3, and longitudinally extending crimps at are pressed outwardly from the strip at points slightly spaced from the edges thereof, channels 5 being provided between the crimps 4: and the corresponding flanges 3.

When a druggist has filled a bottle with poison, a portion of the strip 1 sufficiently long to extend around the neck of the bottle is severed from the main strip by means of a pair of shears or some like instrument. This severed length 1 of the strip may then be bent around the neck of the bottle 6, and wires 7 wrapped around the bottle neck and fitted within the two channels 5 at the upper and lower edges of the strip, the extremities of the respective wires 7 being twisted or otherwise secured, as indicated at 7 The side flanges 3 may then be bent inwardly over the respective wires 7, thereby locking the wires in engagement with the strip and preventing any possibility of the poison indicating strip being accidentally removed. Any suitable means may be provided for bending the side flanges 3 in this manner, although a grooved wheel 8 may be found convenient for this purpose, said wheel being shown in the present instance as journaled within the forked end of a handle 9. It will thus be seen that the poison indicating strip can be easily applied by any druggist to the neck of a bottle or container holding poison and the sharp prongs 2 will then prick the fingers of any person grasping the bottle, thereby giving warning that the bottle contains poison, and preventing the taking of the poison by accident.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A poison indicator for bottles, including a flexible strip adapted to be wrapped around the neck of a bottle and having sharp prongs projecting outwardly therefrom, said strip being formed with a continuous longitudinally extending channel, and a retaining wire wrapped around the bottle neck and received within the channel to retain the strip in position upon the bottle neck.

2. A poison indicator for bottles, including a flexible strip adapted to be wrapped around the neck of a bottle and having sharp prongs projecting outwardly therefrom, said strip being formed with a continuous longitudinally extending channel having a flexible flange at one side thereof, and a retaining Wire wrapped around the bottle neck and received within the channel to retain the strip in position upon the bot- Gopies of this patent may be obtained for tle neck, the flexible flange being adapted to be bent over the retaining wire.

3. A poison indicator for bottles, including a flexible strip adapted to be Wrapped around the neck of a bottle and having sharp prongs projecting outwardly therefrom, said strip being formed with outstanding flanges at the edges thereof, and also with outstanding longitudinally extending crimps cooperating with the respective edge flanges to provide longitudinal channels, and retaining wires wrapped around the bottle neck and received within the said channels to retain the strip in position upon the bottle neck, the edge flanges being adapted to be bent over the respective retaining wires.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGH METCALFE.

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